Finance Job Trends in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,189 1,887 2,292
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 10.51% 20.05% 12.54%
As % of the General category 24.40% 28.85% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,575 767 1,510
10th Percentile £33,750 £25,425 £29,064
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £84,964
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%

All General Skills
North of England

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 8,973 6,540 9,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 43.06% 69.49% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,953 2,872 6,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Finance job vacancy trend in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Finance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Finance

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -3 1,295 £60,000 +4.35% 487
Yorkshire +1 667 £55,000 -7.80% 359
North East -4 227 £62,500 +13.64% 129
Finance
England

Finance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 56 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.51%) Confluence
3 32 (1.46%) Jupyter
4 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.23%) CMS
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.18%) Moodle
8 2 (0.091%) IIS
8 2 (0.091%) SAS
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.046%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 136 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.28%) Chatbot
4 23 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.18%) LaTeX
7 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.18%) Trello
8 2 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.78%) SAP ERP
3 16 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.55%) iTrent
5 12 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.41%) SAP QM
8 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.37%) Magento
9 7 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 7 (0.32%) Sage 200
9 7 (0.32%) SAP MDG
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
11 4 (0.18%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.18%) SAP MDG-BP
11 4 (0.18%) Shopify
11 4 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
12 3 (0.14%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 195 (8.91%) SaaS
2 182 (8.31%) Azure
3 134 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 116 (5.30%) AWS
5 70 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
6 60 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 42 (1.92%) Power Automate
8 34 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
10 30 (1.37%) Serverless
11 29 (1.32%) OneDrive
12 23 (1.05%) GCP
13 18 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (0.64%) Entra ID
14 14 (0.64%) GitHub
14 14 (0.64%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.59%) Intacct
16 12 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.32%) Internet
2 19 (0.87%) Broadband
3 14 (0.64%) Firewall
4 8 (0.37%) Network Security
5 7 (0.32%) NGFW
6 6 (0.27%) WAN
7 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.18%) VoIP
7 4 (0.18%) WPA
8 3 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.091%) BGP
9 2 (0.091%) DHCP
9 2 (0.091%) DMZ
9 2 (0.091%) DNS
9 2 (0.091%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.091%) HTTP
9 2 (0.091%) IPsec
9 2 (0.091%) LAN
9 2 (0.091%) VPN
9 2 (0.091%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.48%) Power BI
2 53 (2.42%) Tableau
3 35 (1.60%) Data Mining
4 33 (1.51%) SQL Server
5 24 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (0.64%) Metadata
8 12 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
10 8 (0.37%) Star Schema
11 7 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
11 7 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.27%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.23%) Looker
13 5 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 71 (3.24%) JIRA
2 29 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
3 26 (1.19%) Git
4 15 (0.69%) GitLab
5 11 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 11 (0.50%) JUnit
6 9 (0.41%) Postman
6 9 (0.41%) Spock
7 8 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.37%) Maven
8 7 (0.32%) fastlane
9 5 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.18%) Storybook
11 3 (0.14%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.14%) Hudson
11 3 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 436 (19.92%) Social Skills
2 289 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (6.08%) Retail
4 116 (5.30%) Marketing
5 114 (5.21%) Legal
6 113 (5.16%) Law
7 112 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 82 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 74 (3.38%) Aerospace
12 73 (3.33%) Telecoms
13 71 (3.24%) Banking
14 68 (3.11%) Public Sector
15 36 (1.64%) Financial Institution
16 32 (1.46%) Military
17 30 (1.37%) Back Office
18 29 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
19 26 (1.19%) Billing
20 19 (0.87%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 285 (13.02%) Senior
2 264 (12.06%) Analyst
3 178 (8.13%) Lead
4 147 (6.72%) Developer
5 131 (5.98%) Architect
6 103 (4.71%) Finance Manager
7 100 (4.57%) Accountant
8 88 (4.02%) Trainee
9 81 (3.70%) Business Manager
10 74 (3.38%) Business Analyst
11 71 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
12 69 (3.15%) Senior Manager
13 67 (3.06%) Financial Controller
14 66 (3.02%) Data Analyst
15 62 (2.83%) Project Manager
16 60 (2.74%) Trainee Analyst
17 59 (2.70%) Consultant
18 58 (2.65%) IT Manager
19 49 (2.24%) Software Engineer
20 48 (2.19%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (3.20%) .NET
2 36 (1.64%) Pandas
3 33 (1.51%) scikit-learn
4 32 (1.46%) Spring
5 31 (1.42%) NumPy
6 28 (1.28%) .NET Core
6 28 (1.28%) AngularJS
6 28 (1.28%) Hugging Face
6 28 (1.28%) Matplotlib
6 28 (1.28%) Streamlit
7 25 (1.14%) React
8 21 (0.96%) Spring Boot
9 16 (0.73%) Node.js
10 13 (0.59%) CSS
10 13 (0.59%) Entity Framework
10 13 (0.59%) Middleware
10 13 (0.59%) REST
11 12 (0.55%) PySpark
11 12 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.20%) Marketing Technology
2 64 (2.92%) Driving Licence
3 58 (2.65%) Onboarding
4 51 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 42 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 38 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 35 (1.60%) Algorithms
9 32 (1.46%) Cloud Native
10 31 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
12 27 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
13 25 (1.14%) Podcast
14 24 (1.10%) Hedge funds
15 18 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (0.73%) Data Structures
18 15 (0.69%) Data Centre
18 15 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
19 14 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.60%) Windows
2 13 (0.59%) Linux
3 9 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.14%) VMS
6 2 (0.091%) Android
7 1 (0.046%) Unix
7 1 (0.046%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 258 (11.79%) AI
3 257 (11.74%) Agile
4 248 (11.33%) Analytics
5 242 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (9.68%) Decision-Making
7 204 (9.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 177 (8.09%) Roadmaps
9 172 (7.86%) ERP
9 172 (7.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 162 (7.40%) Project Management
11 139 (6.35%) CRM
12 137 (6.26%) Business Development
13 136 (6.21%) Software Engineering
14 127 (5.80%) Mentoring
15 125 (5.71%) Customer Service
16 121 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
17 107 (4.89%) Actionable Insight
18 105 (4.80%) CI/CD
19 104 (4.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 224 (10.23%) SQL
2 187 (8.54%) Python
3 80 (3.65%) Java
4 75 (3.43%) C#
5 48 (2.19%) JavaScript
6 41 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.19%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.50%) PHP
9 10 (0.46%) Bash
9 10 (0.46%) C++
10 9 (0.41%) R
10 9 (0.41%) Swift
11 8 (0.37%) ABAP
11 8 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.27%) Groovy
13 4 (0.18%) Go
14 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.091%) C
15 2 (0.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 162 (7.40%) Degree
2 129 (5.89%) ACCA
3 123 (5.62%) CIMA
4 109 (4.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (2.01%) Security Cleared
6 37 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 34 (1.55%) PMP
7 34 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 33 (1.51%) AWS Certification
8 33 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 30 (1.37%) IRCA
10 27 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 26 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.78%) CIPFA
13 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (0.69%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.46%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.41%) AAT
17 7 (0.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.24%) GDPR
3 65 (2.97%) QA
4 39 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 32 (1.46%) ISO 9001
6 25 (1.14%) PMO
7 17 (0.78%) SLA
8 15 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.59%) NIST
10 11 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.46%) GRC
12 9 (0.41%) IEC 61508
13 8 (0.37%) IFRS
13 8 (0.37%) TickIT
14 7 (0.32%) WCAG
15 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.27%) P3O
16 5 (0.23%) GMP
16 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (1.19%) Docker
2 19 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.14%) Firmware
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.046%) XenApp
7 1 (0.046%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.10%) Terraform
2 18 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (0.50%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.41%) Functional Safety
5 8 (0.37%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) Grafana
7 5 (0.23%) SCCM
8 3 (0.14%) Control-M
8 3 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.14%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.091%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.091%) QRadar
9 2 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.091%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 320 (14.62%) Microsoft
2 94 (4.29%) SAP
3 61 (2.79%) Oracle
4 34 (1.55%) HubSpot
5 32 (1.46%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.42%) Sage
7 23 (1.05%) Databricks
8 20 (0.91%) Splunk
9 16 (0.73%) Adobe
10 15 (0.69%) Workday
11 14 (0.64%) IBM
12 13 (0.59%) Aderant
12 13 (0.59%) Google
13 12 (0.55%) Xero
14 11 (0.50%) VMware
15 10 (0.46%) AppDynamics
16 8 (0.37%) Cognos
16 8 (0.37%) ServiceNow
17 7 (0.32%) OpenAI
18 6 (0.27%) TOWER Software